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Re: 8448 Super Car -- a rave and a review
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Tue, 9 May 2000 00:02:55 GMT
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"Kerry Raymond" <kerry@dstc.edu.au> wrote in message
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> After weeks of not having enough spare time, I finally built my 8448 Super
> Car Mark 2. It was worth the wait. It is simply the best model I have • built,
> and I think it will be hard to beat, superb looks and nifty mechanicals.
> If you haven't had the pleasure, there's a working gearbox (5 forward, 1
> reverse), working differential, rack-n-pinion steering (a nice long rack
> too, useful for other projects), and a looks-like-its-working engine (you
> have to add a motor -- not included -- if you want to actually have it
> self-propelled). It looks divine, and the working convertible hood is so
> much fun :-)
Another interesting feature to note is that the construction is completely
modular. Each section of the car is almost completely separate from the
other sections. Big change for the 8880 / 8480 style, where everything is
built at once. Makes it easy to see just what each gear and axle does.
> 2. the exhausts should have been chrome and not grey. I tried to simply • swap
> the grey sleeves for the chrome macaroni off the 5561 Bigfoot 4x4
> but sadly they are the wrong diameter and fell off too easily, so I had to
> put the grey sleeves back on. I will need to do a bit more replacing of • rear
> parts to see if I can get my chrome exhausts to fit on.
Change the 'axle' type connector to a 'pin' type connector. That should do
the trick.
> Future plans. Apart from rebuilding the car to be right-hand drive (C'mon
> Aussie C'mon),
That takes all of 30 seconds. It's a bit easier if you remember to do it
while building the model. Try changing the 8880 to RHD. That's a lot more
tricky.
> I plan to try to fit my RCX into it to enable remote control
> of the engine and steering. Sadly I don't think it's possible to control • the
> gears from the RCX, but I'm open to suggestions.
There are a few websites around in which people have done all the above
mods. Have a look around.
> I can get hold of a second
> (and perhaps even a third) RCX if the need arises, although at that rate,
> you'd have to tow a trailer on the back of the 8448 to carry them all, • which
> might detract slightly from the glamour of the car :-)
Make a new chassis made solely of RCX's. :)
> If you are interested in buying an 8448, I have only seen them in
> Myer(Brisbane CBD) and Toys'R'Us. I have never seen them discounted :-(
I saw some Australian online shop had them for A$200 once. Bargain. Also
available GB Sydney (city store).
Later,
David Drew
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| (...) Yes, I should have mentioned that. I was very impressed with the modular construction. In constrast, the 8480 Space Shuttle which is the other set I'm building at the moment doesn't have modular construction, just the usual bottom-top (...) (25 years ago, 9-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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